• First virtual education city in the world, the EduCities
• First Plasma-Crystal produced in the world

• First file archive search service in Asia

The first institute or department of its type to be established in Taiwan:

• College of Earth Sciences
• Department of Atmospheric Sciences
• Graduate Institute of Atmospheric Physics
• Department of Earth Sciences
• Graduate Institute of Geophysics
• Graduate Institute of Space Sciences
• Graduate Institute of Applied Geology
• Graduate Institute of Hydrological Sciences
• Graduate Institute of Art Studies
• Graduate Institute of Astronomy
• Graduate Institute of Statistics (Ph.D)
• Graduate Institute of Industrial Economics
• Graduate Institute of Network Learning Technology
• Enterprise Resource Planning Center
• Department of French Language and Literature (the only one in national universities)
• Graduate Institute of Construction Engineering
• Research Center for Taiwan Economic Development

• Remote Sensing Science and Technology
• Sustainable Development
• Plasma-Crystal Lab
• Astronomical Research
• Shallow Seismic Reflection Profiling Research
• Magneto-telluric Deep Sounding Research
• Atmospheric Radar Research
• Microelectronics Research
• Kun Opera Research
• Redology Research
• Chinese Sutra Research
• Contemporary Literature Teaching Studies
• Applied Ethics research
• Sexualities Research
• French-Speaking Cinema Studies
• Cross-Straits Relations Research
• Hakka Studies
• Magnetic Levitation Linear Motors
• Anode and Cathode Materials for Lithium Batteries
• Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)
• Bridge Management Systems

• Taiwan´s largest telescopes
• Taiwan´s highest observatory
• Largest Civil Engineering Experimental Center
• Taiwan´s only Risk Control and Financial Simulation Laboratory
• Taiwan´s highly repeated array for scientific purposes
• First micro-optoelectronics laboratory
• Taiwan´s only Earth Resource Multi-Satellite Receiving Station
• Taiwan´s only Integrated Sounding System and Weather Radar for teaching and research